ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,273, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Coaxial connector" was invented by Kohei Kawai (Mie, Japan) and Akihiro Kon (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial connector includes a housing and a retainer attached to the housing. The housing includes a terminal receiving portion into which a terminal is insertable from behind. The terminal includes a crimp portion crimped to have a polygonal cross-sectional shape, and a flange portion located forward of the crimp portion when the terminal has been inserted in the terminal receiving portion, the flange portion protruding circumferent...